The Earth Stopper
1794 or shortly thereafter
Artist, British, 1769 - 1859

Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk heightened with white on brown laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 20.5 x 14.7 cm (8 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
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Accession
1995.52.189
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Francis John Stephens Hopwood, 1st baron Southborough (1860-1950); (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); (Sabin Galleries Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1976-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1993
Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 41.
1996
Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.
Bibliography
1993
NGA O'Neal 1993, ex 41.
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower left verso: A8923
Watermarks
1794
Wikidata ID
Q64580732